The workshop provides opportunities for participants to share their own research, build network and relationships, and provide opportunities to interact with faculties from University of California, Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in addition to external guests representing a wide range of career stages and subfields of physics. All locations below are on the UC Berkeley campus.
Rising Stars booklet
A detailed agena with all speakers and participants can found by downloading the Rising Stars booklet
Monday, May 22, 2023
8:00 – 10:00 pm Networking Reception for Workshop Participants (Location: Heyn's Patio, Men's Faculty Club)
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
(Location: Physics North 375)
8:30 – 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 – 9:30 am Welcome
James Analytis, Department Chair, UCB
Alessandra Lanzara, Charles Kittel Professor of Physics, UCB
Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics, MIT
9:30 – 10:45 am Research Talks by Participants
10:45 – 11:20 am Group Photo and Coffee Break
11:20 - 12:20 pm Panel 1: The Job Search and Interview Process (3 panelists) - A discussion on applications, the interview process, and negotiating job offers
12:20 – 1:30 pm Lunch - Keynote Address
1:30 – 2:45 pm Research Talks by Participants
2:45 – 3:15 pm Coffee Break
3:15 – 4:15 pm Panel 2: The First Few Years of a Faculty Career - Mentoring, promotion, tenure (panel with junior faculties)
4:30 – 5:30 pm Networking Reception (Location: Stebbins Lounge, Women's Faculty Club)
6:00 – 8:30 pm Dinner and Keynote Address (Invitation Only - Location: Dining Room, Women's Faculty Club)
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
(Location: Physics North 375)
8:30 – 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 – 10:15 am Research Talks by Participants
10:15 – 10:45 am Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:45 am Panel 3: Building a Research Group and Funding - A discussion on how to build a research group, including how to set up a lab, hire/manage members, and apply for funding.
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch and Keynote Address
1:00 – 2:15 pm Research Talks by Participants
2:30 - 3:45 pm Panel 4: Balancing Act - A discussion on time management for new faculty, including how to balance research, teaching, service, family and other commitments.
3:45 – 4:00 pm Adjourn